Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of the study population (n = 100)

Characteristic	Value	Methylation status MSP	Methylation status dp_qMSP	MSP (p value)	dp_qMSP (p value)
Average age at surgery and range	61 (25—84)			p = 0.632	p = 0.697
Sex
Women	42	15 methylated 27 unmethylated	19 methylated 23 unmethylated	p = 0.377	p = 0.218
Men	58	15 methylated 43 unmethylated	19 methylated 39 unmethylated
Type of surgery
Total resection	51	19 methylated 32 unmethylated	22 methylated 29 unmethylated	p = 0.174	p = 0.367
Partial resection	29	8 methylated 21 unmethylated	11 methylated 18 unmethylated
Biopsy	20	3 methylated 17 unmethylated	5 methylated 15 unmethylated
ECOG
0	59	17 methylated 42 unmethylated	21 methylated 38 unmethylated	p = 0.727	p = 0.624
1	24	7 methylated 17 unmethylated	10 methylated 14 unmethylated
2	12	5 methylated 7 unmethylated	6 methylated 6 unmethylated
3	5	1 methylated 4 unmethylated	1 methylated 4 unmethylated